How do I enroll in Newsroom 101?
I forgot my password, or my password does not work.
Make SURE you are trying to log into the right section.
Use your email address as your username. That will always work.
Use the email address you signed up with.
Did you sign up with a different one? Use it.
Type your email address in a text editing program first, where you can see it.
Copy and paste your password into the password field on the login page.
It's asking me to pay again, but I've already paid.
You are trying to log in with the wrong username.
First, find the right section. Go to our home page at newsroom101.net.
Click on your section in the resulting list.
Do not use a bookmark.
Make sure you are in the right section.
For the username, you can always log in with the email address you signed up with.
Once in a while, students unintentionally create two accounts, using different email addresses, and pay for one of them but not the other.
They can log in using the paid account. If they log in using the other email as username, they will be asked to pay again.
If this happens to you, just find which email address you signed up with, and use it.
If you can't figure this out, just send us a Contact form explaining the situation, and we will help.
Paypal rejects my credit card.
Is your credit/debit card is being rejected by PayPal with the message "The card you entered cannot be used for this payment. Please enter a different credit or debit card number"?
This problem is between you and Paypal, and Newsroom 101 can't help.
Try the following, and, if they do not succeed, use the link below to contact Paypal customer service.
Log in with the account your card is associated with.
You cannot use that card till the account is confirmed.
You should clear any existing cookies and try again.
If these steps fail, contact Paypal customer service.
I dropped the course and want a refund.
Just ask. — Ask us, not Paypal.
Send us a Contact form (see the top menus) that includes the name of your course.
We will instruct Paypal to issue a refund. It will go to the credit card you paid with. The refund typically comes in a day or two.
complete a quarter or more of the units.
enroll less than 30 days from the end of a course requiring Newsroom 101.
have received a refund before.
Persons who enroll in Newsroom 101 on their own, not in conjunction with a course, are not eligible for a refund.
I enrolled in the wrong course and need to transfer.
We can transfer your enrollment, but, for technical reasons, we cannot transfer your grades.
If you completed only a few quizzes, this is not much of a problem.
If you completed many quizzes, talk to your teacher first.
We can transfer your enrollment and send your teacher a copy of the grades you completed in the "wrong" section.
This is inconvenient for everyone, but it is the best we can do.
I paid for two sections by mistake and need a refund for one of them.
Just send us a Contact form that clearly identifies which course you need to STAY in and which course you need to DROP.
We will need a moment to make a technical adjustment to preserve your account, then we will issue a refund for the course you accidentally enrolled in.
My computer kicked me out of the Pretest or Posttest. How do I finish?
You may take the Pretest or Posttest only once, but both have a safeguard in case of such a technical problem.
Just start over where you left off.
Your earlier answers have been saved, and you can continue from there.
Only your first answer to any question will count, so there is no advantage to taking the test twice.
You may start over one time. But remember, you can't change any of your earlier answers.
The gradebook is not showing the work I completed.
The first column in the gradebook shows the total number of quizzes you have completed to the required standard.
Regular quizzes get counted when you make at least 90 on them. Quizzes marked "review" or "all" get counted when you make at least 80 on them.
Check your quiz scores. Bring a quiz up to the required standard, and it will be added to the count.
I can't open a review quiz.
Most quizzes marked "review" or "all" have prerequisites. These are clearly marked.
In order to take the review quiz, you must first complete the prerequisite quizzes with a score of 90 or higher.
In the gradebook, check your scores on the prerequisite quizzes. Bring them all up to 90 or higher, and the review quiz will become available.
I received a weird error message.
Take a screenshot or copy the message carefully. Send it to us.
Tell us exactly what you were doing, and where, when the message appears.
Find out if others in your section are having such problems.
If not, keep looking for what you might be doing to cause the problem.
Use the problem-solving skills you will need to work in journalism.
Ask your teacher to check whether other students are successfully completing the parts of the course you are having problems with.
If so, Newsroom 101 is working properly.
describe the problem as best you can.
Send a screen shot if it is relevant.